Ancient Geramanic Studies: Reflections on Disparate Myths of Divine Sacrifice:
Part one.
One of the Norse Gods Odin’s most intriguing deeds is the self hanging episode describing in strophes 139-42 of the “Harvamal” section in the Poetic Edda.(1) Odin serves as “Allfather” among the AEsir pantheon, and certain powerful indicators of his sovereignty (magical knowledge…